Uzbekistan to Launch a Single Center for Issuing Digital Signatures

The State Tax Committee develops a draft regulation on the creation of a single center for issuing digital signatures.

According to the regulation, in the future issuance of digital signatures, providing easy access to all kinds of services provided by state and economic management, public authorities and local commercial banks, will be performed by a single center of registration of keys of digital signatures - the Scientific Information Center of New Technologies of the State Tax Committee.

The State Tax Committee together with the Ministry for Development of Information Technologies and Communications of Uzbekistan before 1 January 2016 will create a Single system of identification and authorization using digital signatures. At the same time, both agencies will be responsible for the smooth and trouble-free operation of the system and its information security.

The state and economic management agencies, local public authorities and commercial banks before 1 March 2016 will ensure the integration of the official sites and portals that are used in the provision of services with a single system of identification and their compatibility with digital signatures issued by the Scientific Information Center of New Technologies of the State Tax Committee.